General Usage Instructions

According to the options preset in the Settings dialog, the DwgTextExport command exports selected entity properties to a Microsoft Excel sheet, an Excel file or a text file. A new row (line, record) will be created for each selected Autodesk® AutoCAD® entity. Any entity is identified in the exported file by its entity handle (ID number) and its drawing name - these will be used for future imports.

There are some differences between the export to Excel and to a text file. Each exported Excel row will contain AutoCAD entity identification in the first cell’s comment, while a text file has it as a row value (column). You can export entity handles and drawing names to Excel too, but the values are not important for the import functionality.

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Commands

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Command

Command Description

DwgTextImport

Imports selected texts from Excel or file according to the preset options.

DwgTextExport

Exports selected texts to Excel or file according to the preset options.

DwgTextSettings

Set the options for object selection, formatting, included visual properties for export and import.

Installation/Uninstallation

The installer that ran when you downloaded this app/plug-in from Autodesk App Store will start installing the app/plug-in. OR, simply double-click the downloaded installer to install the app/plugin.

You may need to restart the Autodesk product to activate the app/plug-in.

To uninstall this plug-in, exit the Autodesk product if you are currently running it, simply rerun the installer, and select the "Uninstall" button. OR, click Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features (Windows 7/8/8.1/10) and uninstall as you would any other application from your system.